lovlig
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of lov (“law”) + -lig.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lovlig (neuter lovligt, plural and definite singular attributive lovlige)
Antonyms[edit]
References[edit]
Adverb[edit]
lovlig
Usage notes[edit]
Often modified by lige, e.g. Er du ikke lige lovlig hurtig på aftrækkeren? ("Aren't you just a tad too hasty?").
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lovlig (neuter singular lovlig, definite singular and plural lovlige)
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- lovleg (Nynorsk)
References[edit]
- “lovlig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
lov (“permission”) + -lig (“-ly”)
Adjective[edit]
lovlig (not comparable)
- lawful, legal, permissible, allowable (permitted by something, often law – especially to be hunted or fished)
- lovligt byte
- fair game (in the sense of game (wildlife) that's permissible to hunt, sometimes figuratively like in English)
- (in negated expression, by ironic extension) that should not be allowed
- vara mer än lovligt slarvlig
- be highly ("more than permissibly") sloppy
Declension[edit]
Inflection of lovlig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | lovlig | — | — |
Neuter singular | lovligt | — | — |
Plural | lovliga | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | lovlige | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | lovlige | — | — |
All | lovliga | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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- Danish terms suffixed with -lig
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- Danish lemmas
- Danish adjectives
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
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- Swedish terms suffixed with -lig
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